Mike Klonsky's Blog: Takeaways from yesterday's school board meeting

Mike Klonsky's Blog: Takeaways from yesterday's school board meeting

Takeaways from yesterday's school board meeting

Sun-Times ed reporter Mitchell Armentrout's tweet seems to sum up the first meeting of Mayor Lightfoot's APPOINTED school board,

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Lori Lightfoot’s new #CPSboard

Mitchell Armentrout

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A lively meeting for this new crew: grilling CPS admins on changes to school ratings, all seven members asking questions, pushing Janice Jackson to defend proposals — things unseen from the #CPSboard in years.

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You'll notice, I put the word appointed in all-caps as a nod to the RYH scribe who felt it necessary to mention it in each live tweet from the meeting. Yes, we know that this board was appointed by the mayor and that we don't have an #ESRBNow. No need to rehash all the reasons why that hashtag is little more than hash. The main one being that after 10 years of struggle for an elected board, Sen. Martwick's bill calling for an ESRB, 4 YEARS FROM NOW, is going nowhere.

Don't get me wrong. As an educator, a CPS parent and grandparent of a student with special needs,  I'm eternally grateful for all the difficult work that RYH and other groups have been CONTINUE READING: Mike Klonsky's Blog: Takeaways from yesterday's school board meeting